In times of ecological and geopolitical crises, the world seems to spin faster. If we close our eyes, can we escape? Can we experience time passing by so slowly that it fades away, stretched into an endless, echoing infinity until it stops ticking? Can we dissolve into the eternal, like an ocean of waiting along the riverbank?

Echoes of Visions is a site-specific art installation at the edge of the city, disconnected from the day-to-day, exploring multisensory perception, eternal aspects of the earth and universe, memory, waiting and the experience of time. A fusion between a smellscape and a soundscape in a former sea container, transformed into a darkened non-visual space, sharpens our senses. Visitors are invited to look inwards instead of outwards, to take off their shoes and enter a cavernous borderland where time is slowed down and the enduring present seems to triumph.

The sound work was created by Berlin-based researcher and artist Hendrik Klatte (b. 1988), who explores experimental soundscapes for natural processes, ideas and emotions. Since 2022, he has studied at the Institute for Music and Media (RSH Düsseldorf) in the Master’s program Klang & Realität [Sound & Reality]. In addition to his artistic endeavours, he publishes international sound artists in thematic compilations of scientific fields on his platform and music label re:natura.

The olfactory work was developed in a collaborative process with Karolina Stockhaus (b. 1981), an independent fragrance creator, consultant and educator. Working with scent as art, she was a finalist in the Art and Olfaction Awards 2023 in Los Angeles (USA), in the category for experimental work with scent. This commissioned scent is based on curatorial, poetic exercises in automatic writing and philosophical conversations about perception, slowing down time, and eternal elements of nature to cherish.

Location: Galleri Frihamnstorget, Frihamnen
Opening event: June 6, 17:00 – 20:00
Exhibition and programme: June 6 – June 16

See the website of Frihamnstorget for opening hours and more information about Echoes of Visions, including an artist talk [opening night], and a ‘sc(i)entific’ poetry workshop [June 15].

Please note that the rear area is completely darkened.
Take off your shoes in the space and hold the walls for extra support.

Credits

Sound artist: Hendrik Klatte
Fragrance creator: Karolina Stockhaus
Graphic design: Hannes Schievink
Curator and Educator: Jonas van Kappel
Mentor: Nina Øverli

Echoes of Visions is a degree project by Jonas van Kappel within Curating Art, International Master’s Programme at the Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University. With a diverse background in art history, language studies and theatre, his interests and experiences lie in multi-sensory, queer and experiential approaches to contemporary art, collection research, and theatre education.

Thanks to Index Foundation and Moderna Museet for their generous contribution of materials.

Programming

Echoes of Visions presents an artist talk and a poetry workshop.

6 June
17:30 Artist Talk. Berlin-based sound artist Hendrik Klatte (b. 1988) talks about his music and re:natura: a label and platform for experimental music inspired by both nature and science.    

15 June
17:00 – 18:30 Sc(i)entific Poetry Workshop. Olfactory perception is such an inscrutable, fluid experience that we, as human beings, often struggle to put it into words. How do scents and sounds affect our ability to associate, and evoke memories, thoughts and emotions? How can we write about scent and sound abstractly and poetically? In this workshop by curator Jonas van Kappel, we will write poetry in an automatic and associative way after a breathing exercise and a visit to Echoes of Visions, using our senses and art as sources of inspiration. What happens if we trust our intuition and if we are not allowed to judge the outcome?